Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Amplifying our collective voice on Fair Funding

Jason Henderson

19 April 2024

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Policy

Fair Funding

It has added greater support and legitimacy to not just the package of policy asks itself, but to the,fact that the urgent need for Fair Funding is a view shared across the voluntary sector.,We’re collating and updating a whole host of useful facts and stats, from the Scottish Third Sector Tracker,They are, instead, the culmination of years of engagement, evidence collecting, and policy development,directly involving the length and breadth of the voluntary sector in Scotland.

https://scvo.scot/p/90226/2024/04/19/amplifying-our-collective-voice-on-fair-funding

SCVO Research

The SCVO research team conducts and collates research about the voluntary sector in Scotland.,We explore the sector’s make-up, reach, and the issues that impact our sector.,Read more Facts & figures about the sector All the key stats on the size and shape of the Scottish voluntary,sector, from numbers of organisations to workforce data.,I'm the key contact for the Sector stats.

https://scvo.scot/research

Staff

There are around 138,000 paid staff in the third sector in Scotland.

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/staff-volunteers/staff

Press coverage tips for charities

fundingCertain topics – such as animal welfare – can invoke strong opinions and emotions, if your stance or policy,worth checking with the editors responsibleThird Force News (TFN) run regular op-eds from voluntary sector,possible – the journalist will follow up if necessaryMake it easy for editors to pick out key points like stats

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/never-more-needed/resources/press-coverage-tips-for-charities

State of the Sector 2020: Scottish voluntary sector statistics

FOR THE 2023 SECTOR STATS SEE https://scvo.scot/research/facts-figures Data resource covering the latest,stats about Scottish charities, social enterprises and voluntary groups.,Key report areas include: - Number of organisations - Organisations by sub-sector activity area - Interactive

https://scvo.scot/research/evidence-library/state-of-the-sector-2020-scottish-voluntary-sector-statistics

SCVO Research Briefing: State of the Sector, pre-Coronavirus (June 2020)

This briefing gives an overview of the financial profile of the regulated Scottish voluntary sector in,2018, giving us a baseline for understanding sector funding and assets pre- and post-Coronavirus.,data in this briefing (and more) can be explored in detail via our searchable data hub: scvo.org.uk/policy,/sector-stats.,Scottish voluntary sector in 2018: key facts Annual income = £6.06 billion Public Sector income = £2.1

https://scvo.scot/research/evidence-library/scvo-research-briefing-state-of-the-sector-pre-coronavirus-june-2020